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Simply Stunning: Hand-Stamped Cakes

Unlock unlimited possibilities for stylish cakes with custom cake stamps. Succeed with this versatile technique as you make four inspiring cakes.

Bring captivating cakes to life with creative handmade stamps. Join award-winning cake decorator Erin Gardner, and explore new skills as she guides you through hand-painting a picturesque blue sky with translucent stamped clouds and gum paste hot air balloons. Find out how to capture the glamour of a garden of roses, lilacs and ranunculus flowers using just fruits and vegetables. You'll even learn an approachable method for creating a clean, chic chevron pattern, sure to be envied by everyone! Plus, Erin reveals her innovative techniques for making any design into a custom stamp using money-saving household materials.

Lesson plan

Lesson 1. Meet Erin Gardner

Lesson 2. Garden Party Cake

Use celery, apples, marshmallows and other foods to stamp a beautiful floral motif and create the Garden Party Cake.

22:02

Lesson 3. Lighter Than Air Cake

Make stamps from shape cutters and modify existing stamps to create the wispy and whimsical Lighter Than Air Cake.

27:16

Lesson 4. Effortless Chevron Cake

Make a chevron stamp and a lovely sugar flower to decorate the posh Effortless Chevron Cake.

24:15

Lesson 5. Dressy Dahlia Cake

Create the pleated, fabric-inspired Dressy Dahlia Cake with a stamp made from candy melts.

"Erin is a fantastic instructor. This class was as enjoyable to watch as it was instructional. What I particularly love about Erin's class is that I learned 5 specific (and food safe!) techniques to design my own stamps and cakes. I can envision myself applying these techniques to a wide variety of cakes, and maybe even cookies. I think I'm sometimes an anomaly in the cake decorating world, because I really only feel comfortable using food-safe items on my cakes (whereas some others are a bit more lenient and will go non-toxic, but not necessarily food-safe). I really loved that every solution Erin presented is food-safe, but still incredibly creative and beautiful. Thanks for a great class!" - Clare SChicago, IL

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Lesson plan

2:17

Lesson 1. Meet Erin Gardner

Meet Erin and learn how you'll use stamps in this class.

24:13

Lesson 2. Garden Party Cake

Use celery, apples, marshmallows and other foods to stamp a beautiful floral motif and create the Garden Party Cake.

22:02

Lesson 3. Lighter Than Air Cake

Make stamps from shape cutters and modify existing stamps to create the wispy and whimsical Lighter Than Air Cake.

27:16

Lesson 4. Effortless Chevron Cake

Make a chevron stamp and a lovely sugar flower to decorate the posh Effortless Chevron Cake.

24:15

Lesson 5. Dressy Dahlia Cake

Create the pleated, fabric-inspired Dressy Dahlia Cake with a stamp made from candy melts.

The instructor

Erin Gardner, Instructor of Simply Stunning: Hand-Stamped Cakes

After developing her cake skills as a pastry chef in numerous New England kitchens, Erin's cake decorating adventure led her to New York City for a sugar-flower class with Ron Ben-Israel. Erin would eventually meet up with Ron again, this time on an episode of his Food Network show, Sweet Genius, which she won. Today, Erin's shop, Wild Orchid Baking Company, has been named by both Brides Magazine and Martha Stewart Weddings as one of the best in the country. Brides also included a cake of Erin's as one of America's Prettiest Wedding Cakes. Her first book, Great Cake Decorating, was released in 2014.

Ratings & reviews

Class rating

(10 reviews)

stamping made fun

by krez10yahoocouk on April 17, 2015

great class Erin has come up with a fun and different way to decorate cakes without too much fuss. Love this stamping technique and look forward to trying it out on my next cake

great class Erin has come up with a fun and different way to decorate cakes without too much fuss. Love this stamping technique and look forward to trying it out on my next cake

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by SmileyPancake on November 17, 2014

I found the techniques in this class very interesting. Erin explained everything very well, and I didn't finish the class feeling like I had to be a professional to do this. She also answered all questions in the discussion area as well. I'm excited to make my own stamp! I would definitely take another class from Erin.

I found the techniques in this class very interesting. Erin explained everything very well, and I didn't finish the class feeling like I had to be a professional to do this. She also answered all questions in the discussion area as well. I'm excited to make my own stamp! I would definitely take another class from Erin.

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by grammaof11 on November 10, 2014

Nice class, very different, but interesting.

Nice class, very different, but interesting.

Great

by Gailzy on September 22, 2014

Love this class

Love this class

Hand Stamped Cakes

by Blueberry50 on August 20, 2014

Love the class so far, what caught my eye to this class is the ability to make your own stamps... I am very happy I purchased this class and would recommend to everyone...

Love the class so far, what caught my eye to this class is the ability to make your own stamps... I am very happy I purchased this class and would recommend to everyone...